Winter Storm — Fentress, Tennessee
February 20, 2015 · NOAA Storm Events record
Event narrative (NOAA)
Snow and sleet accumulations up to 1.5 fell during the late afternoon on February 20, followed by freezing rain with ice accumulations ranging from 0.75 in northwestern parts of Fentress County up to 1 in southeastern areas from the evening on February 20 into the early morning hours on February 21. Emergency management reported hundreds of trees, power lines and power poles knocked down throughout the county with many roadways blocked. Power was out to 95% of the county in the first few days after the ice storm, with some areas without power for 2 weeks. Cleanup efforts from the ice storm took several months and lasted into May 2015. Fentress County was declared a Presidential disaster area on April 2, 2015.
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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.